Solution Architect - Architecture Services and Security
Job#: 2035930
Job Description:
Senior Solutions Architect - Architecture Services and SecurityClient Industry: Healthcare IT
Contract Terms: 6 Months (3x 6 Month Extensions Available)
Hours: Full Time (40 Hours / week)
Start Date: August 1st, 2024
Estimated End Date: January 31st, 2024
Work Location: Remote, Canada - must be willing and able to work PST Hours for duration of the Contract.
Project Description:
Project Services is responsible for delivering a wide range of IT infrastructure projects for the Health Authorities of British Columbia.
Project Services is searching for a Solutions Architect with extensive industry experience to provide designing, estimating, technical consultation in conjunction with internal and external Health Authority partners and stakeholders.
Services Required:
The Solutions Architect is responsible for the overall technical design of the IT infrastructure projects, and mapping the business requirements to the Client systems / technical requirements. The Solutions Architect works as a team member along with the Portfolio Managers, Technical Project Managers, Architects and Technical Analysts, in order to design and deliver a complete solution for the customer.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Participate in requirements gathering, analysis, and design activities along with the Project Services Portfolio Manager(s) and Technical Project Managers
- Participate and lead, when needed, design / technical meetings with the customers, internal subject matter experts and third-party vendors in order to gather technical specifications
- Produce architectural design document to match customer requirements
- Provide Architecture Oversight during implementation
- Provide current best practices, design decisions and solution alternatives as part of the architectural design documentation
- Participate in design, documentation, review and delivery activities, in conjunction with the Solutions Architect, Portfolio Managers and Project Managers
- Provide technical information for project proposals
- Work with other Solutions and Enterprise Architects to align designs with the enterprise roadmaps
Specific Qualifications or Experience Required:
- Excellent C-Level communication skills, written and oral
- Strong people and networking skills, building and growing relationships with senior stakeholders
- Creative and analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills
- Complex stakeholder engagement experience
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, handle and prioritize requests, manage laterally and upwards
- Demonstrated ability to collect and analyze data, assess problems, and structure solutions
- Ability to drive and progress with minimal direction. Self-awareness and ability to assess personal performance
- Attention to detail and prioritizing tasks
- Experience with frameworks and business case development
- Experience planning for and managing organizational change
Specific Qualifications or Experience Required:
Required Experience:
- A minimum of eight (8) years of recent related experience in an IT Infrastructure Solutions Architect role in a large, complex Enterprise Organization
- Experience in designing complex IT infrastructure projects
- Ability to understand business requirements and convert them into solution design and specifications
- Experience in Microsoft Technologies (Desktop, Server, AD, ADFS, SQL, RDS etc.)
- Broad knowledge in different technologies (like Unix server, Storage, Virtualization, Database Citrix (XenApp, XenDesktop), Identity Management, Voice, Networking (wired/wireless))
- Knowledge and experience with current architecture standards and industry best practices in various technologies and security
- Proven technical consulting experience in large enterprises
- Ability to handle multiple projects at the same time
- Strong presentation and communication skills
- B.Sc. degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent preferred
- Experience in Healthcare IMIT
- Experience in developing IT design for facilities-related projects and DC migration projects
- Experience in latest technologies like Cloud (Azure, AWS), Big Data and Mobile
- Senior
- A Degree in Consulting Category related disciplines and a minimum of six (6) years of related Consulting Category experience; or
- A Diploma in Consulting Category related disciplines and a minimum of seven (7) years of related Consulting Category experience; or
- A Certificate in Consulting Category related disciplines and a minimum of eight (8) years of related Consulting Category experience; or
- An absolute minimum of ten (10) years of directly related Consulting Category experience.
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